Are those still happening?
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Microsoft has unveiled a new AI-powered coding assistant under its GitHub platform, marking a major leap in developer productivity tools. Announced at Build 2025, the GitHub Copilot agent can autonomously write, debug, and update code, handling tasks like bug fixes, feature additions, refactoring, and documentation improvements in well-tested codebases. Unlike traditional coding assistants that only suggest code, this agent acts as a peer programmer—taking on assigned tasks, creating draft pull requests, and summarizing its work for developer review. Human approval remains required before any automated changes are integrated, ensuring security and oversight. Powered by Anthropic’s Claude 3.7 Sonnet model, the agent is currently in preview, with Microsoft seeking feedback before broader release
Schwab will be moving to AI. All Indians.
Seriously? Schwab can barely keep
Schwab will be moving forward with the implementation of GitHub Copilot—a tool that's already being adopted even by lower-cost offshore service providers.
The introduction of Copilot may also open the door to broader usage of other AI/automation tools from AWS and Google (many of which are free with a Google account).
If this shift happens, what could be the potential impact on offshore service providers or so-called "sweatshops"?
There are circulating rumors that some of these vendors have already been asked to offer a 20–30% discount in anticipation of reduced manual effort due to AI-assisted development.
Any inside view will help what would impact on future offshoring.
Seriously? Schwab can barely keep it's tools and products functioning now. Unless they put everything back on the mainframe, that won't be happening any time soon.
AI? Schwab? To get anything AI in here has to go through the AI team, be vetted by legal etc etc. Schwab can't make their mind up on any sw, thus the multiple sw products that do the same thing. All other financial companies will be running AI long before Schwab, relax, not happening in your career life time.
What would be impact of AI on Contractor and service provider vendors in coming days?
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6 people I know of were let go late last month
Oh yes they are going on - people just disappear! they don't want it in the news nor do they want to acknowledge it is going on
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The “silent” is referring to the company not announcing them like they do for larger layoffs. People will still talk about them internally and online when they happen. No recent “silent” layoffs must have happened closely enough to hear about them (from others 😉).
Yes. Quarterly.
"I haven't heard anybody mention anything lately, so I'm wondering what's going on."
That's why they are silent.
I haven't heard anybody mention anything lately, so I'm wondering what's going on.